The Effect Of Loose Parts On Cognitive Ability Paud Class A Kindergarten Al Azhar 63 Pekalongan

Abstract

Children aged 4-6 years are included in the pre-operational stage where they have begun to show clear thinking processes, are able to recognize symbols, language, signs and images. Characteristics of children's behavior that shows their thinking ability is that they often ask a lot of questions, because children are driven by their high curiosity. Cognitive abilities of early childhood need to be developed continuously through learning. The teacher's role in the learning process is not only to provide information, but also to direct and provide learning facilities so that the learning process becomes more effective. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of loose parts in improving the cognitive abilities of children aged 4-5 years in Al Azhar Islamic Kindergarten 63 Pekalongan, and to determine the differences in children's cognitive abilities before and after the application of loose parts in Class A Islamic Kindergarten Al Azhar 63 Pekalongan. This research is a quantitative research type of pre-experimental research with one group pretest-posttest design. The population in this study were 40 Class A students at Al Azhar Islamic Kindergarten 63 Pekalongan. The sample of this research is 20 students of Class A Abu Bakar or half of the population. The data analysis technique used the percentage score and t test. Cognitive abilities of grade A students at Islamic Kindergarten Al Azhar 63 Pekalongan who before and after applying loose parts seen from 14 aspects of indicators of cognitive abilities of children aged 4-5 years are known to increase, which previously in the category of starting to develop increased into the category of developing as expected. And there are also differences in cognitive abilities in children aged in class A Islamic Kindergarten Al Azhar 63 Pekalongan before and after applying loose parts, this is obtained from the results of the Independent T test obtained by Sig. (2-tailed) of 0.000 <0.05, then according to the basis of decision making in the independent sample t test, it can be concluded that H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. Judging from the pretest score, which obtained a score of 650 with an average value of 32.5 and the posttest score of 906 with an average value of 45.3.